My mother had breast cancer at 48. i 37 andy doctor recommended me to get a mammogram. is it a baseline check and or necessary?

Yes get baseline sca: About ten years prior to your mom's cancer is typical to obtaining your baseline mammogram. Get a very good family history from both mom and dad then look into having your mom tested for hereditary breast cancer. If she's neg for the abnormal gene then you don't have to worry nearly as much. Just keep getting screened yearly starting ten yrs prior to mom's cancer. Supreme court lowered testing $$!

Dr Ali agreed

Good idea: Typically recommend baseline at 35 in women who have first degree relative (mother) with breast cancer. Or, begin routine screening at 10 years younger than the age of the youngest relative w breast cancer at their age of diagnosis. Usually, will not screen with mammograms yearly in women younger than 30.

Yes: While recommendations vary, many doctors recommend beginning screenings 10 years younger than the youngest family member who had breast cancer. So if your mom was 48 at diagnosis, then you would start at 38. Some groups recommend a baseline at 35 and then yearly at 40 for women with a family history. So you are getting good advice.

Yes,: this is an appropriate time to have a baseline mammo considering the family history.